Once Upon a Time There Was a Three-Year-Old Grandpa

Once Upon a Time There Was a Three-Year-Old Grandpa
Author: David Janzen
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2024-07-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

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This eccentric title recalls a collection of tales first told to grandchildren at bedtime. Each chapter begins with a fun-to-read farmer-boy story from the 1940s, an era before industrial farming when horses, cows, and chickens were still members of the family. These anecdotes each launch a theme that splashes down with further development in later decades of life. Diverse topics include imaginative play, construction crew humor, animal intelligence, contemplative prayer and journal writing, rural and urban farming, communal wisdom, and affordable housing, along with a few serious pranks and the prophetic mischief that follows. This memoir is also a confession in the pattern of Augustine, reflecting on God's in-breaking initiatives and the writer's emerging sense of calling in lifelong conversation with Jesus. Its stories offer a series of curiosity-driven on-ramps into eight decades of transformative experiences for curious souls to ponder an open-eyed faith and a communal way of life for the long haul.

A Man Called Ove

A Man Called Ove
Author: Fredrik Backman
Publisher: Sceptre
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2014-07-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1444775820

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Now a major film starring Tom Hanks The million-copy bestselling phenomenon: a funny, moving, uplifting tale of love and community that will leave you with a spring in your step. 'Warm, funny, and almost unbearably moving' Daily Mail 'Delightful . . . the perfect holiday read' Evening Standard Ove is almost certainly the grumpiest man you will ever meet. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots - joggers, neighbours who can't reverse a trailer properly and shop assistants who talk in code. But isn't it rare, these days, to find such old-fashioned clarity of belief and deed? Such unswerving conviction about what the world should be, and a lifelong dedication to making it just so? In the end, you will see, there is something about Ove that is quite irresistible . . . 'Hilarious and heart-breaking' Stylist 'Rescued all those men who constantly mean to read novels but never get round to it' Spectator Books of the Year

Untold Legacies: the Men Speak Out

Untold Legacies: the Men Speak Out
Author: Ruth V Burgess
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2021-07-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1664184392

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This intriguing study introduces multi-generations of males as they were affected by travels and adventures. First the patriarchs set the framework for those who followed. Then insider tales illuminate how the hearts and souls of these modern- day males live out their heritage mantas from childhood to the future land where little is known. This tome addresses the lives and contribution of the men in our families, a companion to Spirited Sisters (2014) which introduced the outstanding women who carried the Vassar-Burgess heritage from generation to generation. This tome begins with the results of genetic testing, leading to pre-historic male roots. It then turns to known historical connections, following which it deals with more recent and contemporary leading men. It is rich with primary materials, including numerous poems, letters, remembrances, and a wide variety of adventures. No longer are they untold legacies for the men have spoken!

Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese

Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese
Author: Insup Taylor
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 509
Release: 2014-12-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027269440

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The book describes how the three East Asian writing systems-Chinese, Korean, and Japanese- originated, developed, and are used today. Uniquely, this book: (1) examines the three East Asian scripts (and English) together in relation to each other, and (2) discusses how these scripts are, and historically have been, used in literacy and how they are learned, written, read, and processed by the eyes, the brain, and the mind. In this second edition, the authors have included recent research findings on the uses of the scripts, added several new sections, and rewritten several other sections. They have also added a new Part IV to deal with issues that similarly involve all the four languages/scripts of their interest. The book is intended both for the general public and for interested scholars. Technical terms (listed in a glossary) are used only when absolutely necessary.

Family-Focused Trauma Intervention

Family-Focused Trauma Intervention
Author: Pat Pernicano
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2010-03-18
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0765707748

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Family-Focused Trauma Intervention: Using Metaphor and Play with Victims of Abuse and Neglect translates issues central to abuse and neglect recovery into metaphorical stories and family-based interventions, focusing specifically on parent-child interaction and trauma. The stories and interventions reduce troubling symptoms, address family risk and relapse potential, treat cross-generational patterns, and remediate attachment deficits. It is a book for a variety of practitioners, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, and expressive therapists.

Once Upon a Time in Delaware

Once Upon a Time in Delaware
Author: Katharine Pyle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1911
Genre: Delaware
ISBN:

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Once Upon a Time, There Was You

Once Upon a Time, There Was You
Author: Elizabeth Berg
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2011-04-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1588368939

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BONUS: This edition contains a Once Upon a Time, There Was You discussion guide. Even on their wedding day, John and Irene sensed that they were about to make a mistake. Years later, divorced, dating other people, and living in different parts of the country, they seem to have nothing in common—nothing except the most important person in each of their lives: Sadie, their spirited eighteen-year-old daughter. Feeling smothered by Irene and distanced from John, Sadie is growing more and more attached to her new boyfriend, Ron. When tragedy strikes, Irene and John come together to support the daughter they love so dearly. What takes longer is to remember how they really feel about each other. Elizabeth Berg’s immense talent shines in this unforgettable novel about the power of love, the unshakeable bonds of family, and the beauty of second chances.

Merchants Trade Journal

Merchants Trade Journal
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 788
Release: 1914
Genre: Department stores
ISBN:

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Vulnerable Children

Vulnerable Children
Author: Lindy Burton
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2022-05-29
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1000584321

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Originally published in 1968, this book was an experimental investigation into some personality characteristics associated with three types of child problem behaviour. The behaviour of the children in school is described, and their underlying personality needs, as evinced by the stories they told to the author, are assessed. The behaviour at home of the asthmatic and road accident children is examined and their early developmental history traced. The part played by prolonged environmental stress, constitutional vulnerability and transitory needs is considered.

Zion's Home Monthly

Zion's Home Monthly
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 636
Release: 1894
Genre: Home economics
ISBN:

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